[ubuntu-uk] Wirless N

[Bruno Girin]

On Wed, 2010-07-07 at 15:57 +0100, Simon Wears wrote:
> Heyhey fancy people, 
> 
> 
> I've decided to go wireless this year as I'm moving into a new house
> (and sticking holes in the walls for Ethernet isn't an option), so I'm
> looking for a wireless N card. Has anyone got one, or know of one that
> just works out of the box on Ubuntu 10.04 (64 bit)? I'd prefer a PCI
> card than a USB card, and one that doesn't need that .. wrapper thing
> that I forget the name of, but is kind of like having WINE running the
> driver for the card. 
> 
> 
> I heard a while back Broadcom (I think) were going to release Wireless
> N drivers for Linux, but I haven't heard anything since. If anyone can
> give me any advice on a good card to choose, it'd be smashing. 

I'm not sure how up to date this is but have a look here first:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported

> 
> 
> Also, I'm running away out of the country for a week, so I won't reply
> after today for a while. 

Enjoy your holidays! (assuming you're not going away for work of course)

Bruno